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| ISBN: | 9780813149356
0813149355
9780813118802
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Absentee landowning has long been tied to economic distress in Appalachia. In this important revisionist study, Barbara Rasmussen examines the nature of landownership in five counties of West Virginia and its effects upon the counties' economic and social development. Rasmussen untangles a web of outside domination of the region that commenced before the American Revolution, creating a legacy of hardship that continues to plague Appalachia today. The owners and exploiters of the region have included Lord Fairfax, George Washington, and, most recently, the U.S. Forest Service. The overarching con.
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| Other form: | Print version: Rasmussen, Barbara. Absentee Landowning and Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813118802
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